Improvement in wash-boards



E. S. HEATH.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

EDWIN HEATH, OF NORTH HOPE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASH-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,252, datedSeptember 28, 1875; application filed May 8, .1875.-

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, EDWIN S. HEATH, of North Hope, Butler county,Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Wash- Board, of which thefollowing is a specification:

My invention relates to the construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter described, whereby the corrugated zinc plates, which formthe rubbing-surfaces of the wash-board, are secured together and to theflexible grooved frame.

In the drawing, Figures 1 and 3 are, respectively, a side elevation andvertical section of the wash-board; Fig. 2 represents the grooved bar orframe-piece extended on a flat surface.

The flexible wooden or metal bar A has grooves K K, to receive the sideedges of the zincs 0 o, and a groove, H, to receive the top edge of aplate, a, which forms the upper part of the board. As shown, it (a) isin one piece with one of the zinc plates. The upper ends of the zincsare confined between two parallel cross-bars, B B, which are securedtogether by rivets b I). The lower edge of one of the zincs is bentaround the cross-rod U, which connects the ends of the frame-piece A,and is made to overlap the edge of the other zinc.

Therod has a screw end, D, on one end,

which adapts it to be readily removed" to allow repair or substitutionof the zines. By it, also, the latter may be clamped more or lesstightly, as required.

